SNAPSHOTYou’ve never met penguins like these before. Forget ice and snow, this rowdy colony of African penguins are hitting the sun-drenched beaches and breaking all the rules. Filled with boisterous shenanigans and loads of adorable penguins, this eight-part series from Red Rock Films about the real lives of African penguins Continue Reading
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It’s time to Dance Alone with THE ROOP #Eurovision
Regardless of your thoughts about who won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest – it was Italy by the way with “Zitti E Buoni” by Måneskin and yes, for the record, I actually quite liked its glam rock intensity though I was not so secretly hoping France or Switzerland might win Continue Reading
#Eurovision 2021 cultural festival movie review: Just Say Yes
Like most genres of cinema, really all if we’re being totally honest, romantic comedies march solidly and determinedly to a set and little varied formula. It makes sense – if people are watching you for an idealised vision of falling in love and the romanticised delights of happily ever after, Continue Reading
#Eurovision 2021 cultural festival: 5 Dutch music artists – Pink Oculus, De Staat, Fatima Yamaha, My Baby, BEA1991
The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 is delivering a ton of great and quirky music in the Netherlands’ city of Rotterdam but what about music made in the country itself? Some of it will be featured during the semi-finals and grand final, a nod to the Eurovision tradition of showcasing the Continue Reading
#Eurovision 2021 cultural festival TV review: Toon (season 1)
If you have ever felt that life is sweeping you fiercely and rapidly along to some great moment that is undeniably wonderful but most definitely not of your choosing, then you will find much with which to identify with the titular protagonist in Toon, a 2016 TV comedy from Dirk Continue Reading
#Eurovision 2021 cultural festival book review: The Pelican by Martin Michael Driessen
It may not be wholly or completely so but there is good case to be made that life is, simply by virtue of its underwhelming existence, more than a little disappointing. Quite what it is most of us are expecting is never really clear but if pushed, there’s a good Continue Reading
Wocka wocka … BOO! Muppets Haunted Mansion hilariously scaring its way to Halloween
SNAPSHOTDisney announced the special streaming event at the Disney Parks, Experiences, and Products’ “Halfway to Halloween” event with a video starring Gonzo and Pepé the King Prawn. In the special, Gonzo is challenged to spend one daring night in the Haunted Mansion, which fans of Disney Parks will recognize since it’s one of Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2021: Week 7 – The Big 6 – France, Germany, Italy, Spain, The Netherlands, United Kingdom
What is the Eurovision Song Contest?Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open to Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2021: Week 6 – San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine
What is the Eurovision Song Contest?Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open to Continue Reading
Tons o’ trailers! Wish Dragon, Misfits, Georgetown, Loki, Stranger Things S4, A Quiet Place II (final trailer)
These are troubling times we live in which means that reality is, most days, something not many of us really want to face. Thank goodness then for TV and streaming shows and movies, all of which give us the sweet, SWEET chance to let lose the bonds of grinding humdrum Continue Reading